{"id":47590,"date":"2026-04-07T19:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=47590"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:09:00","slug":"badminton-asia-championship-2026-tanisha-crasto-and-dhruv-kapila-advance-to-mixed-doubles-pre-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/badminton\/badminton-asia-championship-2026-tanisha-crasto-and-dhruv-kapila-advance-to-mixed-doubles-pre-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Badminton Asia championship 2026: Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila advance to mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila<\/strong> delivered a gritty comeback performance to keep India\u2019s hopes alive in the mixed doubles at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026 in Ningbo, China, on Tuesday. The 20th-ranked Indian pair defeated Thailand\u2019s Phuwana Horbanluekit and Benyapa Aimsaard (world No. 41)<strong> 21-14, 11-21, 21-15<\/strong> in 51 minutes in their first-ever meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians started strongly, claiming the opening game with clinical precision. They lost momentum in the second game, allowing the Thais to level the match, but showed champion spirit in the decider. Trailing slightly at the change of ends (11-10), Crasto and Kapila dominated the latter half with sharp net play and aggressive smashes to seal the win and book their spot in the <b>pre-quarterfinals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This result marks the <b>only success for India\u2019s mixed doubles <\/b>pairs on the opening day. The duo, who reached the quarterfinals at last year\u2019s championships and came agonisingly close to a medal, will now look to build on this momentum in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>In the other mixed doubles encounters, <b>Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh<\/b> showed promising fight against Malaysia\u2019s Wong Tien Ci and Lim Chiew Sien. The young Indian pair stayed competitive in a tight first game until the Malaysians pulled away late, and even built an early lead in the second before falling <b>21-16, 21-15. <\/b>It was a solid display of character, and they can take plenty of positives into future tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, <b>Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde <\/b>put up a spirited effort against eighth seeds Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie of Malaysia. After a tough opening game, the Indians mounted a strong comeback in the second, erasing a big deficit and pushing the Malaysians all the way to 20-19 before the experienced pair held firm for a <b>21-13, 21-19 <\/b>victory. Both Indian pairs showed good performance and resilience; brighter results are surely on the horizon for them.<\/p>\n<p>The action intensifies on <b>Wednesday<\/b> as the singles events take centre stage. Olympic medallist<b> PV Sindhu<\/b> and Paris 2024 semi-finalist <b>Lakshya Sen <\/b>will begin their campaigns, promising high-voltage contests for Indian badminton fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila delivered a gritty comeback performance to keep India\u2019s hopes alive in the mixed doubles at\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":47593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5101,2913,1121,5132,5133,5131,4057],"class_list":["post-47590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-badminton","tag-badminton-asia-championship","tag-badminton-association-of-india","tag-bwf","tag-dhruv-kapila","tag-pre-quarter","tag-tanisha-crasto","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47602,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47590\/revisions\/47602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}